Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
LOCAL NEWS.

| Y calves.
The butter trade is increasing as the
season advances. Prices, however. re-
main the same as last week, u to %
cents being paid on Monday.
Next week Tuesday and Wednesday
comes the Burlington district preachers
meeting. at the Methodist church in this
place. The programme was published
| last week.
y fine bay mare owned by Frank Bis
settle died suddenly last Thursday. She
slipped while being driven, and was evil
IDENTIFY but slightly injured: she died. how
ever. soon after getting to the barn.
1t is rumored that something is likely
| to be done with the cotton-mill property
in the near future. Every one would be
glad to see it occupied once more. Its
conspicuous position in the heart of the
village gives Il dead look to the place
when it is closed and its windows board
ed up, as at present.
The town auditors have completed the
! preparation of their report, which is now
being printed. 1t will be out in ample
! time to afford voters. an opportunity of
studying it before the meeting. Town
meeting comes this year on the first day
of the month"; The warning contains
only the customary articles, nothing
special seeming to require consideration
at the hands of the voters.
The lecture on ''Digestion''. at the Y.
NJ c. A.. hail. last Friday evening. by
Principal Howard of the Burlington
grammar school. was well attended. the
weather considered. 1t was illustrated
by means of Il stereopticon. The next
entertainment at the hall comes on the
evening of Friday next. the 25th inst. 1t
will consist of select readings by Mr. W.
III. :. Whtcomb of Burlington. vocal and
instrumental music and defamation
or two.
Mr.. Clinton Smith of the firm of Smith
Il Allen had narrow escape from the
| great disaster at Hartford. He was in
Bellows Falls overseeing the work on the
town hall which the firm is building there,
and intended to take the wrecked train.
But complicated piece of work that had
been cut out at the shop here was found
to be wrong when placed in position in
the hall, and this caused Mr. Smith to
change his programme. But for the
mistake he would certainly have been on
the Inflated train.
The w. c. Il. L. held Il very pleasant
parlor meeting on Wednesday at the hos
pitable home of Mr.. Manfred c. Foote.
The spacious rooms were well filled, an
unusually large number of gentlemen
being present. Bountiful refreshments
were served at the usual hour. The eX-
ercises of the evening consisted of music,
selections in reading and an informal
discussion of some features of the prohib-
tory law. The January meeting was held
at the residence of Prof. Mead. 1t was a
pleasant and profitable meeting.
The greatest runaway on record occur
red Saturday evening. One of Mr.. Butter
fields horses, attached to a sleigh. was
frightened near the toboggan slide, ran
downtown and up to the corner by Mrs.
Linsley's. thence north through Storr's
avenue and then downtown and out past
Mr.. +. j. Matthew'S. On the way, and
near Mr.. Matthew'S, it struck a pedestrian
and threw him into drift, but didn't
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20 miles in the east part of the town and
in New Haven. The owner went to
Bristol in search of it and on his return
met the rig near viii Nashs residence.
sleigh had not been broken.
The local (Alpha Mu) chapter of the
Chi Psi fraternity held its first annual
winter banquet at the Addison House on
Friday evening last. Mr.. III. X. Dorr, 80,
of Rutland was the toast-master. There
were q members of the order present,
among those not now in college being
Rev. Gemont Graves of Burlington, a
member of the class of 40 and an early
member of the fraternity; Rev. Lawrence
Phelps, rs, of Gardner, Mass; C..
NJ. Wilds, rs, of Middlebury; DIR.
William ii. Sheldon, 80, of Middlebury ;
ii. r. Dorr, so, Rutland; Frank A.
Walker, 80, of Ludlow; Jesse Stearns,
's3, of Middlebury; f. G. jerks, 's5, of
Shelburne academy.
Mrs. Jas. Shephard's 1l-years-old son
Orrin disappeared on Thursday of last
week. After looking for him all night
she learned from railroad man that the
youth had been seen in Burlington. The
Free Press tells the rest of the story as